|
|
|
Saturday, Nov. 18 10:30pm ET
Usc 107, Bradley 92 | |||||
| ||||||
RECAP
|
BOX SCORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Sam Clancy scored a career-high 31 points as No. 23 USC opened its season with a 107-92 victory over Bradley on Saturday night. Clancy, a junior who missed 10 games because of a broken foot last season, sent the Braves to their 10th straight defeat against a Top 25 team in the first meeting between the schools since 1974. Jerome Robinson, the last player cut from Canada's Olympic basketball team, led the Braves with a career-high 31 points. Trailing by one at halftime, the Trojans outscored Bradley 20-9 to start the second half. A putback by Clancy gave the Trojans their first double-digit lead of the game, 68-58, with 15:40 remaining. The Braves had three starters in foul trouble at the break. Reggie Hall picked up his fourth foul seconds into the second half and Jeffrey Rabey added three fouls in the first two minutes to give him four. USC made 18 of 22 free throws in the second half when the Braves were forced to foul. Bradley shot 75 percent in the first half and led by six three times, but the Braves couldn't maintain it in the second half as the Trojans improved their shooting, including hitting seven 3-pointers. USC's David Bluthenthal scored 23 points and made all four of his free-throw attempts, extending his streak of consecutive foul shots to 37, dating to the final seven games of last season. The Trojans scored 100 points for the first time since beating San Diego State 101-54 to open the 1999 season. The Braves hadn't had an opponent go over the century mark since they beat Loyola of Chicago 111-107 on Dec. 23, 1988, a span of 309 games. The Braves were without sophomore guard Andre Corbitt and junior forward Jermaine Brown. Corbitt was suspended for the opener as a result of an altercation at a party last weekend. He traveled with the team, but didn't dress. Brown left the team this week.
| ALSO SEE Mens College Basketball Scoreboard
|